|
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
OHSrequirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include: personal protective equipment and clothing safety equipment first aid equipment fire fighting equipment hazard and risk control fatigue management elimination of hazardous materials and substances safe forest practices including required actions relating to forest fire manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislation organisational policies and procedures workplace practices |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include: award and enterprise agreements industrial relations Australian Standards confidentiality and privacy OHS the environment equal opportunity anti-discrimination relevant industry codes of practice duty of care |
Organisationalrequirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelines policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility quality assurance procedural manuals quality and continuous improvement processes and standards OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures ethical standards recording and reporting requirements equipment use and maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Timberconversion | is the process of producing boards by: re-sawing in-the-rough boards to optimise single boards through cutting away waste edges cutting boards into two or more boards thereby maximising the amount of product in line with the work order |
Workorder is to include: | instructions for the cutting and despatch of timber and timber products from the work site and may include: type size width angle quantity grade instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures environmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriatepersonnel may include: | supervisors suppliers clients colleagues managers |
Material may include: | native timber species imported timber species dressed timber in-the-rough timber green timber stress and non-stress graded timber, preservative treated timber coated and/or treated timber products beams or laminated beams |
Storagelocations may include: | storage racks storage bays bins stacks pallet boxes modularised storage components temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground) and may be divided into: standard product classification product designation size dimension stack number weight grade shelf life stock rotation position |
Equipment may include: | measuring equipment power operated automatic feed controlled ripping saws where the cut is controlled relative to the board guides and fence saws with adjustable thickness (sloping table) saws with one blade rip saws table saws bench saws and is to include procedures for: saw lock-out, i.e. protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
Sawset-up is to include: | setting depth, width and thickness of cut measured from the fence in line with product order and allowing for kerf (width of saw cut) |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language constructive feedback active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of positive, confident and cooperative language use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences control of tone of voice and body language |
Orderedsizes may include: | a range of sizes cut to widths usually increasing in 5 mm increments |
Tolerances | are a set limit for cutting over or under the required width within a set margin of acceptance usually + or - 0.5 mm or in line with order or organisational requirements |
Feedrate | is the rate of speed at which the material is passed through the machine affecting the sharpness of the cutting blades, the finish of the material and the production output |
Defects may include: | warp wane cupping shakes insect defects knots resin pockets |
Disposing of may include: | recycling material with defects, incorrect cuts and off-cuts re-using material with defects, incorrect cuts and off-cuts |
Recordsandreports may include: | product type size width thickness inspection, grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents or equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |
Stacking may include: | preparing for transport categorising in common size, length, width and thickness marking lots in line with work order and site requirements locating so as not to block access or passage |